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Netanyahu is Bringing Out The Big Guns—Trump and Racism

Netanyahu should have cruised to victory, but the unexpected popularity of his chief rival and ominous noises from the prosecution say otherwise.
This picture taken from I-24 television shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a statement live on i24NEWS TV channel at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 07, 2019
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Under normal circumstances, the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu to yet another term as Prime Minister would be a no-brainer. The Israeli economy is humming on all four cylinders; unemployment is singularly low; and over the past 15 years, Israel has become one of the world's leading technology powerhouses. More than three hundred fifty multinationals operate research facilities in the country, along with over 4,000 startups (and counting) who continue to chase the next dream, the majority of them well-funded by myriads of local and international venture funds. During the recent Cybertech Conference, I heard Netanyahu

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